Blacksmith's credo

Optimal - when designing something, I want to find the perfect ma-terial for the particular purpose to make the item handy and durable.

There was quite a bit of work to find the right materials in the course of building
the barge for the River Emajõgi and Lake Peipus in the period from 2004
to 2006. There were no barges or wreckages preserved, the old masters were gone.
Rare photos, drawings and two models from the maritime museum came to the
rescue. A son of an owner of a barge shared his knowledge and brought along
some ironwork from the old barge. Still, there was little information, thus, the
type of material, cross-section, dimensions, and strength of each and every metal
detail of the new barge
had to be carefully considered to find the best-suited options. In the case of
clamps, however, trial by error was the only way out...